Patty Halliwell

Patricia Halliwell a.k.a Beloved Mother

Biographical information

Full Name

Patricia Halliwell

Nicknames

• Patty (by everyone)
• Big Sis (by Pam)
• Mom (by her daughters)
• Mommy (by Peyton)
• Aunt Patty (by Cassandra)
• Ms Halliwell (by non-family members)
• Mrs Bennett (by non-family members, formerly)

Born

April 5th, 1950

Died

February 28th, 1978; Camp Skylark

Cause of death

Drowned

Killed by

Water Demon

Alias

• Patty
• Beloved Mother

Marital

• Brief relationship with Hugh Stenstrom (ended. 1966)
• Divorced from Victor Bennett (m. 1970 - div. 1976)
• Former Relationship with Sam Wilder (s. 1975 - e. 1977)

Title(s)

The Time Witch

Status

Deceased (found peace as a restful spirit)

Physical description

Species

• Ghost/Spirit (currently)
• Witch (originally; formerly)

Gender

Female

Hair colour

Brown

Eyes colour

Brown

Skin colour

White

Family information

Children

• Prudence "Prue" Halliwell ✝️ (Eldest Daughter, with Victor)
• Piper Halliwell-Wyatt (Middle Daughter, with Victor)
• Phoebe "Pheebs" Halliwell (Youngest Daughter, with Victor)
• Paige Matthews (Daughter, with Sam)
• Peyton Campbell-Turner (Daughter, with Nicholas)

Siblings

Pamela "Pam" Halliwell-O'Connell (Youngest Baby Sister)

Nieces/Nephews

Cassandra O'Connell (Niece; via Pam & Litvack)

Grandparents

• Priscilla Baxter-Johnson ✝️ (Grandmother)
• Gordon Johnson ✝️ (Grandfather)

Parents

• Allen Halliwell ✝️ (Father)
• Penelope "Penny" Johnson-Halliwell ✝️ (Mother)
• Unknown Former Stepfather's

Aunts/Uncles

• Francine Bowen ✝️ (Maternal Aunt)
• Gordon Johnson, II ✝️ (Maternal Uncle)
• Janice Halliwell ✝️ (Paternal Aunt) 

In-laws

• Leo Wyatt
• Cole Turner
• Henry Mitchell, Sir.
• Coop Halliwell
• Richard "Rick" O'Connell (via her sister, Pam)

Grandchildren

• Wyatt Matthew Halliwell
• Christopher Perry "Chris" Halliwell
• Melinda Prudence "Mel" Halliwell
• Prudence Johanna "P.J." Halliwell
• Parker Anne "Parks" Halliwell
• Penelope Paige "Pen" Halliwell, II
• Polianna Patricia Halliwell
• Tamora Helen "Tam" Mitchell
• Katherine Grace "Kat" Mitchell
• Henry Mark "Junior" Mitchell, Jr. (adopted)
• Alexander James "Alex" Howard
• Primrose Elizabeth "Prim" Turner
• Patrick Victor Benjamin Turner
• Persephone Prudence Turner

Great-Grandchildren

• Prudence "Prue" Halliwell (via Wyatt, Chris or Mel)
• Matthew "Matt" Halliwell (via Wyatt, Chris or Mel)
• Posie (via Tam or Kat) 
• Emma Turner (via Alexander Howard and Sandra Moore)
• Eleanor Piper Turner (via Patrick and Melissa) 
• Unknown great-grandchildren

Other relatives

• Melinda Warren ✝️ (ancestor)
• Charlotte Warren ✝️ (ancestor)
• Prudence Warren ✝️ (ancestor)
• Beauford Warren ✝️ (ancestor)

Relationships

Friends

• Susie
• Emily
• Millie ✝️
• Mandy

Romances

• Hugh Stenstrom (ex-crush in high school)
• Samuel "Sam" Wilder (ex-lover)
• Victor Bennett (ex-husband)
• Nicholas ✝️ (one-night stand)

Magical characteristics

Active Powers

• Molecular Immobilization
• Wiccan Orbing (as a Spirit)

Inactive Powers

• High Resistance
• Spirit Writing
• Intangibility
• Voice Echo

Basic Powers

• Spell Casting
• Potion Brewing
• Scrying
• Mediumship

Magical items

Book of Shadows

Affiliation

Occupation

• Waitress at Buddy's Diner (formerly)
• Protecting the innocent (formerly)

Whitelighter

Sam Wilder (formerly; before she died)

Loyalty

• Good
• The Charmed Ones
• Halliwell-Warren Family
• Cole Turner

Character information

First appearance

Thank You For Not Morphing (Season 1)

Last appearance

There's No Place Like Home (Season 14)

Portrayed by

• Finola Hughes
• Alyssa Milano (in season 1; home video)

Patricia "Patty" Halliwell was a witch of the Warren line of witches. She was the mother of Prue, Piper, Phoebe Halliwell, and Paige Matthews (whom she mothered through a forbidden affair with her Whitelighter, Sam Wilder, and Paige later replaced Prue in the legendary Power of Three after Prue's death). Patty was tragically killed on February 28, 1978, by the Water Demon, whom she tried to vanquish at Camp Skylark but before her death, she was pregnant with another daughter, Peyton Campbell whom she gave away for the same reasons, she did with Paige.

Power and Abilities

Basic Powers

• Spell Casting: The ability to cast spells and perform rituals. Patty was particularly skilled in this fundamental ability, being able to invent spells to counter those of her mother at the mere age of nine, though the rhyming was rather poor. She was also able to bless a ring that gave Nicholas immunity to even the Power of Three.
• Potion Brewing: The ability to brew potions.
• Scrying: The ability to locate a person or object using a scrying crystal, a map, and sometimes other tools.
• Mediumship: The ability to see and commune with the spirits of the dead.

Active Powers

• Molecular Immobilization: The ability to slow molecules down to the point that they appear to be frozen in time. This was Patty's primary power, which she channelled through her hands.

Other Powers

• High Resistance: As an upper-level witch, Patty is highly resistant to lethal powers such as fireballs.

Spirit Powers

• Wiccan Orbing: As a spirit, Patty possessed the power to teleport through white lights. When teleporting, she was surrounded by swirling white orbs, until she vanished and appeared elsewhere.
• Spirit Writing: Patty wrote a message to Prue on the Barbas page of the Book of Shadows from the Ancestral Plane, and later, a note beneath a picture of her and Piper in a baby book.
• Intangibility: As a spirit, Patty was intangible and could pass through objects.
• Voice Echo: As a spirit, Patty could project her voice from the spirit plane.

Temporary Powers

• Premonition: When Patty was pregnant with her third child, Phoebe Halliwell, she received visions from her unborn baby's power. Two such visions were when she saw her daughters from the future taking her present children from the manor, and another on the day of Phoebe's birth when she saw herself hugging her three oldest daughters on Piper's wedding day.
• Power Tapping: Needing to perform a Power of Three spells to return the Charmed Ones to their own time, Patty tapped into her unborn child's magic to perform the spell with her daughters.

Relationships

Penny and Allen Halliwell

Penny: "Where's Patty?"

Allen: "I dropped her off at my sister's. She's gonna crash there tonight"

— Patty's parents before a be-in at the Manor

Patty was born to Penny Johnson and Allen Halliwell. As a child, Penny would use spells on her to keep her in line, while teaching her the ways of magic and witchcraft. Her father died when she was a kid, which presumably brought her great distress, though she still had her mother. Penny proved to be a kind and devoted mother to Patty, helping her out whenever she needed her, even moving in with her to help out after Victor's departure and lending her car to her. On her part, Patty loved her mother dearly and had a good deal of respect for her, though she was not afraid to disagree with her on occasion. She was also extremely grateful to Penny for having raised the sisters as her own.

Victor Bennett

"Honestly, I look back at those days as the best of my life. I loved your mother, she was the best thing that ever happened to me until the three of you came along"

—Victor speaking with the sisters

Patty met Victor Bennett at an unknown time, presumably in the sixties. The two fell madly in love and married, though Penny forbade Patty to change her last name to "Bennett". They had their first child after their marriage, and they named her "Prue Halliwell", not Bennett, likely because of Penny again. Though the couple were extremely happy together, Victor left her and their two daughters (Prue and Piper) after learning of magic, though he later returned. Despite loving Victor, she later had an affair with her Whitelighter, Sam Wilder, after much arguing about the sisters' futures with Victor. They soon divorced, though they made up after Patty died and saw him several times as a spirit. However, Victor held a huge grudge towards Sam and Whitelighters in general from the divorce onwards.

Prue Halliwell

Patty: "Oh, Prue. It's been so hard on you, unfair"

Prue: "Yeah... no, it doesn't matter. I just wanted to make you proud"

Patty: "You protected this family better than I could. I'm so proud of you"

— Patty speaking with Prue before Piper's wedding to Leo

Patty's first child was a daughter who she named Prue Halliwell. She loved her very much, and was very proud of her, as she was unable to take photos of her at her piano recital because she was too busy holding her breath. Also, she would kiss Prue goodnight whenever she came home from Buddy's late at night, and smelt of burgers. It was Prue who was most affected by Patty's death, as the last thing she had heard her mother say was "I love you", rendering her unable to say it to anyone else. Patty saved Prue from drowning after an attack by Barbas and later told her that she thanked her for letting her sisters into her heart by finally telling them that she loved them. When Patty returned to earth for Piper's wedding, she told Prue how proud she was of her and how well she had taken care of her sisters. After Prue died, Patty and Penny helped her adjust to "living" in the Ancestral Plane away from her sisters and had to help her through that emotional time. Patty was also responsible for initiating the search for Prue after she went missing, by enlisting the help of Cole Turner.

Piper Halliwell

"I always thought you'd be the first to get married. You're the heart of this family, Piper"

—Patty speaking with Piper before her wedding

Patty's second daughter with Victor Bennett was named "Piper Halliwell". Piper inherited her mother's looks, as well as her power to freeze, and several individuals said that the two were very alike. Patty made a baby book for her, which contained a picture of her reading a book to her in the conservatory. After Patty's death, Piper was very upset, though did not have quite as many memories as Prue did, and was so not quite as affected. Many years later, Patty was temporarily resurrected by the Elders for Piper's wedding to Leo Wyatt and persuaded her to continue with the ceremony, after Prue and a man named T.J. spoiled the Handfasting. Roughly a year and a half later, Patty saved her from drowning after vanquishing Necron and told her that she should have faith that she would not leave her child as she left her. She later attended her youngest grandson's wiccaning and helped solve the mystery of her eldest grandson's kidnap.

Phoebe Halliwell

Patty: "And you, my baby, you feel it all, don't you? I was never there to comfort you. I died before you even knew me"

Phoebe: "Some nights I just wanted you to hold me"

Patty: "Your road's been the longest, Phoebe. But I was never worried about you"

— Patty speaking with Phoebe

Patty's third and final daughter with Victor was named "Phoebe Halliwell", after her favourite aunt, likely referring to P. Bowen. While she was pregnant with her, she had a premonition, which came from unborn Phoebe's power. In fact, the day she gave birth to her, she had a premonition of her hugging her three daughters as young women, which made her not worry about Phoebe. Unfortunately, she was killed by the Water Demon before she and Phoebe got to know each other, which left her daughter with no memories of her after her death. When she returned to life for Piper's wedding day, she told Phoebe about the premonition, and that she thought her road was the hardest, not having remembered her mother or father. Thankfully, they did get the chance to know each other a little, when Phoebe and her sisters time-travelled to the 1970s and the few times that Patty arrived to them as a spirit.

Paige Matthews

"Paige? Welcome home"

— Patty meets her long-lost daughter in disbelief.

Patty had a fourth child with Sam Wilder, her whitelighter, which meant she had to give up her daughter to avoid repercussions by the Elders. Sam and Patty took their newborn child to a local church, where a nun, Sister Agnes took her to Mr. and Mrs. Matthews. The girl was named Paige Matthews, as Patty had requested her name begin with the letter "P", like all Halliwells. After Prue's death, Patty told Piper and Phoebe, as well as Leo and Cole, about Paige and later welcomed her to the family. They later developed a relationship afterwards, as Patty visited several times as a spirit, such as during Chris's wiccaning.

Peyton Campbell

"Peyton? Honey. I am so sorry for everything"

— Patty apologizes to Peyton.

Also, Patty had a fifth child with Nicholas a warlock who tried to steal her daughters however it was no relationship between them. Patty thought she was going to meet Victor, but it was all a fantasy. He disguised himself as Victor and slept with her. Nicholas's new plan was to have an heir for himself.